“The smeary black dots were not bedbug feces!! They were scratch art flecks. It was the best COVID-19 experience we have had. I was happy for like one whole hour.” LOL, Laura Hazard Owen. [I’ll Be Right Back]

“The first couple of weeks, I felt like I was wearing my skin inside out, all of my nerves exposed painfully, gruesomely to the world. Even in situations where I wouldn’t have usually been drunk, like at work or while running errands, I felt unsteady.” An essay from The Cut’s Madeleine Aggeler: “How Do I Stay Sober Now?”

“The women who had recently given birth had such pronounced biological changes in their brains that a computer algorithm could separate the new mothers from those who had never given birth.” [NYT] (“This Is Your Brain on Motherhood”)

Whoa: “Edible Versions of Famous Artworks.” [Kottke] More here. I would like to make some...